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Locality Name:
Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 47224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kato Mine
Tsuyazaki

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
HeulanditeKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMeloniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStilbite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heulandite-Na  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Munakataite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Na  (*)Stützite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1742641627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1742632734
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41742635516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61742631633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1742634979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217426327198
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O033
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1742634165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17426324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17426330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317426314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174263804
Heulandite-Na  (*)Heulandite(Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)36O72·22H2O17426418
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O174263144
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1742641271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2174263987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217426312537
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)417426322
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217426339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1742631725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274263,7426461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17426321482
Stilbite-Na  (*)StilbiteNa9(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O17426415
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)17426392
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4174263337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe174263190


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